UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI
CENTRO LINGUISTICO DI ATENEO
FACOLTA’ DI STUDI UMANISTICI
CdL MAGISTRALE A CICLO UNICO IN SCIENZE DELLA FORMAZIONE PRIMARIA
A.A.2014-2015
LABORATORIO DI INGLESE 4
CERTIFICAZIONE LINGUA INGLESE B2
PROGRAMMA DI GLOTTODIDATTICA
DOCENTE: DOTT.SSA BARBARA MELONI
The English Language.
Young learners: teaching English to children.
What is a young learner? Some recent definitions.
Children's natural language learning ability.
Essential Concepts of SLA (SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION) for teachers..
Learning a language in a school environment: Factors that affect learning.....and challenges for teachers.
Teachers' perception of the challenges they face in teaching English to young learners.
The perfect toolkit to teach English to young learners is made up of…….
Who are the main actors/ people involved in English Language Teaching and Learning
What are the learning/teaching processes about.
The environment and the equipment.
Teaching materials: from textbooks or course-books to teacher-produced material.
Lesson preparation.
Authentic material.
Students’ materials.
Children’s needs.
Second Language Acquisition: Definition of SLA.
What is a second language.
What is a first language.
Second language vs. Foreign language.
Stages of second language acquisition.
Diversity in learning and learners.
The nature of language learning.
The logical problem of language learning.
The benefits behind learning a second language.
Error & Error analysis.
Error vs. Mistake.
Describing and explaining errors.
Error evaluation: global vs. local errors.
Language and the brain: the close relationship between the two.
Brain problems: tip of the tongue, malapropisms, slips of the ear, aphasia, Broca’s aphasia, Wernicke’s aphasia, Conduction aphasia, Dichotic listening.
REFERENCE BOOK:
Rod Ellis, The Study of Second Language Acquisition, OUP, Oxford University Press, 2008
ESSENTIAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS:
How to learn a foreign language: methods and principles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGK2KZ1TNRY
Theories of Language and Cognition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgvmKfvCwps
Second language acquisition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyZ_QMAizV0 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNDNNW6LgWM
Error Analysis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrnYsi6sG8w
Second Language Learning in Childhood:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqtMBS-HIEY
How do kids learn a language? :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvXnkEuW46g
Supporting English Learners in the Preschool Classroom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09PrmLppQ1A
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